Deputies say teenager survived gunshot to head

BOONE COUNTY - Sheriff's deputies said a teenager was shot in a home on Bethany Drive on Wednesday.

The shooting happened at around 10:30 p.m. in the 4200 block of Bethany Drive. Deputies went to the home after getting several reports from residents about gunfire. There they learned the victim had already been taken to a hospital by private vehicle.

Officials said the 17-year-old victim got a gunshot wound to the head, which they described as non-life-threatening.

Witnesses said the gunshot came from outside the home through a living room window.